Pretty soon all three of them were battling hard.

"May they battle long and hard, and the Others take them both!"

Ballylinan battled hard in this game which was played at Arles but finally went under by a single point.

"We battled hard for the last 35 or 40 days knowing that we couldn't lose," Mattingly said.

He went out and battled long and hard, as he always does.

Pete felt a little better now; it was a good feeling, he thought, to have someone battling hard on your side.

Once again, the Jets battled hard against a heavily favored opponent that conventional wisdom said they had no business playing so close.

Six years on, after battling long and hard, you approached this column.

We battled hard on the track, and he certainly didn't mind shoving me around.

After losing game one 6-3, the Saints battled hard in game two.